Halifax County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds 
     Robert HUTCHINGS, 218-acre patent, 1770 

[p.] 15) 

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[margin notes] Rob.t HUTCHINGS} 
                  218 Acres   } 
                Form page. 1. } 

George the Third &.c  To all &.c  Know ye that for divers good causes and 
Considerations but more especially for and in Consideration of the sum 
of Twenty five Shillings of good and lawful money for our Use paid to 
our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony & Dominion 
of Virginia, We have given granted and confirmed and by these presents 
for us our Heirs and Sucessors Do give grant and confirm unto Robert 
HUTCHINGS one certain Tract or parcel of Land containing two hundred & 
eighteen Acres lying and being in the County of Halifax on both sides 
of the Double Creek and bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning at a 
white Oak on the North side of the said Creek thence new lines North six 
Degrees East one hundred and sixty Poles to a Pine East two hundred & 
ninety Poles to a Pine, South forty five Degrees East eighty four Poles to 
a Pine in Col.o BYRD's Line, thence on the same, South sixty degrees West 
One hundred and fifty Poles crossing the said Creek to a Pine, thence new 
Lines North sixty four Degrees West one hundred and thirty Poles to ~ 
Pointers South seventy five degrees West sixty Poles to a spanish Oak on 
the Creek aforesaid and thence up the same as it meanders to the beginning 
With all &.c  To have hold &.c  To be held &.c  Yielding and Paying &.c  
Provided &.c  In Witness &.c  Witness Norborne. Baron de Botetourt 
our Lieutenant and Governour General of our said Colony & Dominion 
at Williamsburg under the seal of our Said Colony the twelfth day of 
May one thousand seven hundred and seventy in the tenth year 
of our Reign. 
Exam.d                                            Botetourt 


Virginia State Land Office, Patent Book 39 (1770-1771), p. 15  
The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants database, 
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[LVA, Colonial Land Office Microfilm Reel 39] 

[Double Creek flows into southwest Halifax from Pittsylvania Co. and is 
 contributary to the Dan R.] 

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